From the storm of the biggest crisis in 11 seasons on the bench (in three months in which he accumulated 17 defeats in 28 games and that ended with Heurtel and Thompkins separated from the team and then reinstated, but without playing again in the last seven weeks ) to the fifth Euroleague final, the fifth of ten possible, because in 2020 the competition was suspended. Of the previous four, he won two.
To two finals of the seven that Pedro Ferrándiz played in his 13 seasons at the club (four titles). And one more of those led by Lolo Sainz in white, who added a fifth with Joventut (two trophies). The two previous myths of the merengue bench.
In fact, Laso can equal the 22 total titles that Lolo won this afternoon in his 14 campaigns at Madrid (Ferrándiz retired with 27). To date, the coach from Vitoria has accumulated 21 conquests. On Thursday he reached his 32nd final in 43 championships, three out of four, in an era in which he has won 76.6 of the matches, a balance of 651 wins and 199 losses in 850 games.
